Species: Fossaria obrussa
Golden Fossaria
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Basommatophora
Family
Lymnaeidae
Genus
Fossaria
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Basommatophora - Lymnaeidae - Fossaria - based on observational similarity (see Hubendick, 1951).
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-10-09
Global Status Last Changed
1999-09-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Range is from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans, and from Mackenzie Territory, Canada, south to Arizona and northern Mexico (Burch, 1989).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)